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This article describes the new built-in group called Network Configuration Operators. This group enables you to delegate the privileges that can manage the configuration of networking features. Things that members of this group can do include the following tasks: Modify the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) properties for a local area network (LAN) connection, which includes the IP address, the subnet mask, the default gateway, and the name servers. Rename the LAN connections or remote access connections that are available to all the users. Enable or disable a LAN connection. Modify the properties of all of remote access connections of the user. Delete all the remote access connections of the user. Rename all the remote access connections of the user. Issue ipconfig, release, or renew commands. Enter the PIN unblock key (PUK) for Mobile Broadband devices that support a SIM card. Note Members of this group cannot install a networking component.
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To add a user to the Network Configuration Operators group, use either of the following methods. Note If a user is both a member of the Network Configuration Operators group and the Administrators group, the user cannot install any product that uses a Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) Intermediate Filter driver or Lightweight Filter driver. The failure is silent, that is, no error messages and no messages are logged to event logs or setupapi logs. Users should be either in the Network Configuration Operators group or the Administrators group, but not both groups.
Create a new network connection for all the users on the computer
In some scenarios, you need to create a new network connection for all the users on the computer. To do this, you need to apply the hotfixes that are
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